A loving husband and father's joyful family life is rocked to its core upon the discovery that he has a young son borne from a past extramarital affair.
Acting
Naseer and Shabana's wordless devastation carries entire scenes.
Score
R.D. Burman's 'Lakdi Ki Kathi' will haunt you with joy.
Direction
Shekhar Kapur's debut: restraint that hurts more than melodrama.
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Erich Segal's 'Man, Woman and Child,' but Kapur rooted it specifically in upper-class Delhi domesticity — the silences hit harder here.
Jugal Hansraj's 'Lakdi Ki Kathi' performance was shot in one take; his genuine childhood shyness became Rahul's entire character. Urmila Matondkar's debut as Pinky went largely unnoticed until Rangeela exploded.
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